Sharp County record., 1887-06-23
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
|e Ju,
Erleul,
|Ilnda,
"a Beautiful Story Of the Stilling
of the Tempest.
h. power Of Christ, Not Only to Queli
storms, But to Deliver Us from EVIL
Victory of Religion Over the
sophIstsIes of skepticism.

ht n victory of Religion Over the
ton sophIstsIes of Skepticism'
CauS
"a i /. rsceut sermon at the Brooklyn Tab
o1 NS,ac,e. Rev. i. De Witt Talmage chose
ina, !. his subiect 1.-THE Tempest" iliustrat-
,s.t. s a from the beautiful story OF Jesus
=. hin the sterm on the Sea Of Galilee.
ease Is stextw
ire, Mark iv, verses 80 to 80 inclusive.
arsriberius, Galilee, Gennesaret-three
an ts,mes for the same lake. No other gem
ar had so beautiful setting. ltlay in
4 ,h.. soene of great luxuriance; the sur
3 b.,nnding hills, terraced, sloped, groved,
oi y nr,nauv hanging gardens OF beauty, the
os vs,ters rumbling down between rocks OF
NJ INV and red limestone, dashing from the
h,' Is and bounding into the sea. On the
4 ,,,ore were castles, armed towers, Roman
han this. avery thing attractive and beauti'
om MI. ali STYLES of vegetation in shorter
! a, ACE than almost any other space in all
! MA world, from the palm tree OF the for'
!, ot Ist to the tree of rigorous climate.
seemed as if the Lord had Launched
ON, wave of beauty on all the scene, and IL
,srd ng and swung from rock, and hlll' and
Il, ~ ander. Roman gentlemen in pleasure
~, ao.A y ats sailing the lake, and countrymen in
r.a hing smacks coming down to drop their
~, h. mass each other with nod and shout,
p' laughter or swinging idly at their
Ius ~ a,orines, oh, what a wonderful, what
w,.)eautiful lakel
mt seems as if we shall have a quiet
s0s' 'yht. Not leaf winked in the air; not
ipple disturbed the face Of Gcnnesa saret;
aa ~ there seems to be little excitement
s. S1I,j ~ the beach, and we hasten to see what
,n-; ls and we find it an embarkation.
'"' From the western shore fotilla push
4, Al. out; not q squadron or deadly arma-
~ T. \. ,nt, nor clipper with valuable mer-
y i;. andise, nor piratic vessels ready to de-
a.uv' a"a .oy every thing they could selze; but a
tilla, bearing messengers OF lie, and
hit and peace. Christ is in the front OF
i,' 70 u'l boat. His disciples are IN smaller
.us. uus' at. Jesus, weary with much speaking
,niy ,IH,a large multtudes, is put into
.V. . ~. mnolence by the rocking OF the waves
there was any motion at all the ship
,x,,., Is easily righted; if the wind passed
:. ON starboard to larboard, or from lar
ard TO starboard, the boat would rock,
~ =, I'd by the gentleuess Of the motion put
's, -lg the Master to Sleep And they e1-
~. ~, .mpor;zed pillow made out OF hsher-
- '.., ans coat think no sooner is CHRIST
''H'' ostrate, and his head touches the pill
", than he is sound asleep. The breezes
l'i'% the lake run their fingers through the
E,,ks OF the worn sleeper, and the boat
'e' les and falls like sleeping child on the
~ Tb. som Of a sleeping mother.
iH' Calm night starry night beautiful
yht. Run up all the sails, ply all the
..". rs, and let the large boat and the small
''''"' at glide over gentle Gennesaret But
B sailors say there is going to be
.... ange Of weather Aud even the pas
=. so" ngers can hear the moaning Of the
'''" ,rm, as it comes on with great stride,
,,,',. d all the terrors of HURRICANE and dark
....n IS. The largo boat trem bles like deer
han bay among the clangor of the hounds;
Q an. eat patches of foam are flung into the
since; the sails Of the vessel loosen and the
on =, arp winds crack like pistols; the small
hest boats. like petrels, poise on tn, cliff OF
1872 q waves aud then plunge.
, bs1yerboard go cargo, tackling and masts,
, ,sl d the drenched disciples rush into the
!, lex of the boat and lay hold Of Christ,
are d say unto him:
faster, carest thou not that we pershf
... That great parsonage lifts his head
..,~ om, the pillow of the fsherman's coat,
II slks to the front Of the vessel and loo ks
{ into the storm. All around are the
.... taller boats. driven in the tempest, and
rough it come the cry of drowning men.
''"r the fash of the lightning l see the
I'm brow Of Christ as the spray dropped
ON his beard. He has one word for the
uaIr y and another for the waves. Looking
NM ward he cries'
late ;"Peace"
, fall Looking downward he says:
,as s'Be still"
, The waves fall fiat on their faces, the
rowan melts, the extinguished stars re-
= yht their torches. The tempest falls
! suS,ad, and Christ stands with his feet on
Ily o1e neck Of the storm. And while the
ted Eilors are bailing out the boats, and
,sths hile they are trying to untangle the
patsrdage, the disciples stand in amaze
ospisent; now looking into the calm sea,
Ten into the calm sky, then into the
ns sI'lm Haviour's counteuance, and they cry
fFrlt:
What manner Of man is this, that even
oud e winds and the sea obey hmp'
tweThe subject, in the first place, impresses
I Slte with the fact that it is very important
Quit have Christ with the ship; for all those
We nats would have gone to the bottom Of
nj dsnnesaret if Christ had not been pres
,ry b,t Oh, what lesson for you and for me
ly Learnt We must always have Christ in
on4e ship Whatever voyage we under
metbke, in, whatever enterprise we start, let
onts1 always have Christ in the ship.
ssHMany of you in these days of revived
thsn,mmerce are starting out in new finan-
Wes al enterprises. bid you good cheer. Do
( thl you can Do 1t on as high plane as pos
Of Cble. You have no right to be a stoker in
/, ne ship if you can be an admiral Of the
bivy. You have no right to be colonel
wu the regiment If you can command a
, ltt.'igade. You have no right to be engineer
A il boat on river bank, or near the coast,
/ SO you can take the ocean steamer from
stetew Yovk to Liverpool. All you can do
4 9Th Utmost tension Of body, mind and
es, pul you are bound to do; but OH have
/. CHRIST in every enterprise, Christ in every
,yage, Christ in every ship.
There are men here who ask God to
alp them at the start of great enter
q ~, rises. He has been with them in the
-i Nv, ast; no trouble can overthrow them; the
NV" orms might come down from the top of
'e. iount Hermon, and lash Gennesaret into
pam and into agony, but it could not